Morning journal and courier., 1887-02-28
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. DYNAMITE IN IRELAND. The Secret Societies Becom-
 ing Active. MRS. DRUSE TO HANG TO-DAY. Governor Hill Refuses To
 Interfere. CLOSE WORK FOR CONGRESS. The Deadly Car Stove
 Once Again.
CLOSE WORK FOR CONGRESS.
IRELAND IN THE DEPTHS.

IRELAND IN THE DEPTHS.
 Dynamite and the Knife Again the
 Order of Thfngs-COersfon Waking
 the Secret Societies Into Renewed
 Activity-The Government Uneasy
 and Anxious.
 LONDON, Feb 27.-The session of the
 Cabinet yesterday is known to have been ex-
 clusively occupied in the consideration
 of the threatening state of affairs in Ireland.
 The air is heavy with disquieting rumors of
 the renewed activity of secret societies whose
 aims are hostile to the existing government.
 Dynamite conspiracies involving destruction
 of English life and property are again under
 way according to approved report and the detectives are busy in both Ireland and
 England unearthing these dangerous plots. There is an uneasy feeling among the public and the authorities maintain strict reticence or vouchsafe only meaningless assurances. If the government really fomented the recent outrage scare as was alleged, and intended to use it as an excuse for coercion, they have time than they probably expected. The be- lief in the imminence of organized outrage by American emissaries is no longer con- fined to Cabinet circles, but has spread throughout large part of the unof- cial Conservative-Un -Unionist world It was therefore decided at the meeting of the ministers that the decision of the late Conservative conference postponing the coercion bill until after the passage of the procedure rules must be reversed. Lord Salisbury WAS obliged to admit that the con- dition of Ireland is the most urgent of all the questions demanding consideration by the government. A encouragement of the plans for the session was accordingly made. The new programme puts the estimates first, of course; then the closure proposal and then the Irish crimes bill with it's coercive feat ures.
 The question of prosecuting Archbishop Croke and those concerned in the dissemina- ton of his anti-tax manifesto has been decid- ed in the negative. The general sense of the ministers has been against any attack upon the archbishop. There has been only 8 small clique of Orange members willing that the government should commit the blunder of rousing actual civil war in Ireland as such B course would undoubtedly result in doing. The manifesto will receive no notice from the government except that it will be cited in debate as evidence of essential disloyalty among the Irish and their trusted advisers. The committee of the Cabinet who have been perfecting the crimes bill have approved it's final form. The government intend to intro luce it in the House next Thursday. The Parnsllites are determined to do all they can to retard the measure and will resort to every species of obstruction in the debates which precede it. They will pile up proposed to the closure rule, and if they are skillful in their tactics they should suc- ,eed in blocking the way to the crimes bill for some weeks. Home Secretary Matthews wants to make the crimes act apply to Eng and as we'll as Ireland, but Messrs. Bright md Chamberlain and other Unionist Liberals nave warned the government that the Union st group will probably oppose making an ex- :ension of criminal law in Eng and simply because it is necessary 5o strengthen the governments power n Ireland. The bill as agreed upon oy the Cabinet is therefore a purely Irish measure of coercion. It will empower the government to proclaim the league, thus making every future act of that organization an unlawful one. 1t will give the govern ment the right to try all members of secret socie- ties and other conspirators summarily by resident magistrates. Jury trials will be re- served for the gravest ofenses. The National ists express confidence in their ability to evade the operation of the act.
 Two events of the past week have greatly encouraged and strengthened the Nationalists. The disagreement of the jury in the trial of Dillon and his fel- lows was really 8 victory, considering the extraordinary steps taken by the govern ment to secure 8 jury that would convict The other source of strength to the party has been the effect produced by the denuncia- tions which the Catholic bishops have poured out against jury packing. The nefarious practice of organizing juries to do the bid ding of the government has probably got its death blow. Nowhere else has it ever been carried to such a shameless extent as in Ire land. The indignation aroused by it is now SO widespread and deep that it will hardly be possible for the crown lawyers to again resort to their favorite practice of challeng- ing all Catholic jurors. The Dublin execu- tives are charged with having set detectives at work to ascertain the sentiments of jurors before their selection in the Dillon trial The Nationalists in turn watched every move of the detectives. The government, learn ing of this was obliged to instruct the officers to refrain from further tracking of probable jurors. It is very likely due to this state of affai s that Dillon and his co-defendants were not convicted out of hand.
 The prospect of immediate renewal of ,oercive methods has raised the expectations of the G1adstonians in the direction of Liber- al reunion. It is true that number of Unionists dislike any form of coercion. They regard it as antagonistic to the leading principles on which their unionism is based, namely, that Ireland should be governed by the same laws as other parts of the United Kingdom. But the government are we'll aware of this and too cautious to pro- pose measure for which they are not sure of support from Messrs. Harrington and Chamberlain land their followers. The 9ladstonians still declare that the "round table" conferences between their lead srs and those of the Unionist faction are tending toward agreement pr reunion of forces The Pall Mall Ga zette announces Ion authority" that the views of Parnell, Chamberlain, Trevelyan and Gladstone are now harmonious, or at least that there is no longer any difference which can be considered serious. On the other hand MT. Chamberlain's latest utter ance shows that he is still hostile to Mr. Gladstone's home rule proposals. In an ar ticle upon the disestablishment of the Welsh church he contends that nothing can induce Mr. Gladstone to surrender his theories unless the Scotch and Welsh radicals compel him to. MT. Cham berlain goes on to ask: "Must thirty-two of people in England, Scotland and Wales go without much needed legislation because three millions of citizens are disloy al2 Must six hundred members of the im- perial Parliament be reduced to forced inac- tivity because eighty delegates receiving pay from the Chicago convention determine to obstruct all business until their demands are concededa" The article displays this acrid temper throughout and certainly does not indicate spirit of compromise.
 THE CARS TOOK FIRE.
 Another Railroad Horror Caused by
 stoves in Railroad Trains.
 NEEDLES, Cal, Feb. 27.-The passenger train on the Atlantic and Pacific railroad due from the west at 9:45 this evening went